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Patagosmilus goini

Mammalia - Sparassodonta - Thylacosmilidae

Taxonomy
Patagosmilus goini was named by Forasiepi and Carlini (2010). Its type specimen is MLP 07-VII-1-1,, a partial skull (most of the left side of the skull with upper dentition, right magnum, and proximal portion of ungual phalanx.), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rio Chico - RCH 018S, which is in a Colloncuran terrestrial horizon in the Collón Curá Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Patagosmilus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Patagosmilus goini Forasiepi and Carlini p. 58 figs. 2-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
orderSparassodonta()
familyThylacosmilidaeRiggs 1933
genusPatagosmilus
speciesgoini

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Patagosmilus goini Forasiepi and Carlini 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2013-05-24 23:51:13
Modified: 2013-05-24 08:51:13
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Goin 1997

Age range: Colloncuran or 15.50000 to 13.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Colloncuran15.5 - 13.8Argentina (Río Negro) Patagosmilus goini (type locality: 142148)